Senate health committee advances legislation to prohibit mailing of abortion pills to West Virginia

By: Lori Kersey

Outlets: West Virginia Watch

Published: February 4, 2026

Words: 765

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago


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A bill advancing in the West Virginia Senate aims to prohibit out-of-state providers and organizations from sending abortion medication to West Virginia, where it’s mostly banned.

Senate Bill 173 would make it a felony punishable by three to 10 years in prison for non-medical professionals to send abortifacients by mail or courier to a person in West Virginia. A medical professional would lose their license for illegally prescribing the medication to a person …

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